Ride-sharing company Lyft is introducing a new feature that will let women and so-called 'non-binary' riders request their driver's sex. The same feature will allow female drivers to request to only drive for women and 'non-binary' people, although the company hasn't indicated if drivers can specify only biological women riders.
Ride-sharing company Lyft is introducing a new feature that will let women and so-called “nonbinary” riders request their driver’s sex. The same feature will allow female drivers to request to only drive for women and “nonbinary” people, although the company hasn’t indicated if drivers can specify only biological women riders.blog postLyft signage on a vehicle as it exits the ride-sharing pickup at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.
Lyft went on to disclose that while riders can mark in the app that they prefer a female or non-binary driver, it is no “guarantee” that they will get one: “When the feature goes live in a city, women and nonbinary riders will be prompted in their Lyft app to select ‘Count me in,’ which will increase their chances of matching with women and nonbinary drivers,” Lyft said. “Women and nonbinary drivers will see the same opt in.”
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